Key pointsr Ca 2+ entry through Ca 2+ release-activated Ca 2+ channels activates numerous cellular responses. Under physiological conditions of weak intracellular Ca 2+ buffering, mitochondrial Ca 2+ uptake regulates CRAC channel activity.r Knockdown of the mitochondrial Ca 2+ uniporter channel prevented the development of I CRAC in weak buffer but not when strong buffer was used instead.r Removal of either extracellular or intra-pipette Na + had no effect on the selectivity, kinetics, amplitude, rectification or reversal potential of whole-cell CRAC current.r Knockdown of the mitochondrial Na + -Ca 2+ exchanger did not prevent the development of I CRAC in strong or weak Ca 2+ buffer.r Whole cell CRAC current is Ca 2+ -selective. r Mitochondrial Ca 2+ channels, and not Na + -dependent transport, regulate CRAC channels under physiological conditions. Abstract Ca 2+ entry through store-operated Ca 2+ release-activated Ca 2+ (CRAC) channels plays a central role in activation of a range of cellular responses over broad spatial and temporal bandwidths. Mitochondria, through their ability to take up cytosolic Ca 2+ , are important regulators of CRAC channel activity under physiological conditions of weak intracellular Ca 2+ buffering. The mitochondrial Ca 2+ transporter(s) that regulates CRAC channels is unclear and could involve the 40 kDa mitochondrial Ca 2+ uniporter (MCU) channel or the Na + -Ca 2+ -Li + exchanger (NCLX). Here, we have investigated the involvement of these mitochondrial Ca 2+ transporters in supporting the CRAC current (I CRAC ) under a range of conditions in RBL mast cells. Knockdown of the MCU channel impaired the activation of I CRAC under physiological conditions of weak intracellular Ca 2+ buffering. In strong Ca 2+ buffer, knockdown of the MCU